Everyday Strategies for Staying Hydrated

Water is life; it is a part of numerous critical biochemical processes in the body. Water carries regenerative nutrients – such as vitamins and minerals – to every cell in our body. It makes chemical and metabolic reactions happen, is integral in regulating our body temperature, and it keeps our bodies healthy by facilitating detoxification and eliminating waste products.  

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The Importance of Hydration

Water is a basic necessity for all life. Without it, life can’t exist. When water is limited, living organisms suffer. This fact is particularly true for active people whose mental and physical performance is suboptimal if hydration is inadequate. Quite simply, not getting enough water means you can’t do your best, and worse, can lead to serious health problems. 

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No Time To Workout? No Problem!

The New Year always brings with it the promise of great things, happiness, joy, prosperity and health. The health part, is usually tied to some kind of resolution to exercise everyday that – let’s be honest here – usually doesn’t make it past the end of January. But why? I think the reason is simple… most of us simply don’t have the time to go to the gym or to dedicate an hour a day to working out. I get it…. It happens to me too! 🙂

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Healthy Holiday Eating

Holidays are times that we look forward to as it usually means time away from work, often travelling to see interesting places or people, and feasting!  There are specific foods that we look forward to for summer holidays, as well as Christmas and Easter, but this article will focus on Thanksgiving. The origin of this feast as its name implies, comes from giving thanks to God for a bountiful harvest, successful hunting, and by implication, all of the blessings that we enjoy in abundance. 

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The Good Health Checklist

Health implies far more than simply “the absence of disease or illness”.  Just like peace is more than the absence of war and conflict, joy is not just the absence of sorrow, and love is greater than the absence of hatred or indifference – so too good health is far more than the absence of disease. Health is a state of balance and harmony at all levels – mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, social, intellectual, and financial.  It is wholeness in its most profound sense; it exists when all the elements and forces making up an individual resonate in equilibrium.

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